icanfixall
Official GMM hand model
Sounds intriguing really. Many do not know that the power stroke 7.3 pistons fit our turbo idi rods and the bore size is the same as our 7.3 idi. So... If we had a cone type precup with a provision for the glow plug in it you might be looking a nice modification. I know very well what Inconel is. I used it with the tig weld process to repair steam turbine stationary diaphrams and the blades on them. the steam erodes the metal on the blades and actually cuts the sealing surfaces between the upper and lower case halves. We tig welded them and finally machined them back to oem standards. Reason we used inconel was it resists the steam erosion better than what Westinghouse or GE manufactured in the first place..
I don't know what our compression ratio would be using the power stroke pistons either. I do know the power stroke engines use a minimum injection pressure of 20,000 lbs where we in the idi community use around 1850 to around 2300 lbs. This forum does know of an idi that was made into a direct injected diesel. It made about 1100 hp too. So much that the freeze plugs would pop out because of block twisting. So the rubber type plugs were used. I recall hypermax had a lot to do with this engine. Had a nice twin turbo on a custom intake manifold too. Not sure what the injection pump was. I'm sure someone has saved the article and pics of it too.
I don't know what our compression ratio would be using the power stroke pistons either. I do know the power stroke engines use a minimum injection pressure of 20,000 lbs where we in the idi community use around 1850 to around 2300 lbs. This forum does know of an idi that was made into a direct injected diesel. It made about 1100 hp too. So much that the freeze plugs would pop out because of block twisting. So the rubber type plugs were used. I recall hypermax had a lot to do with this engine. Had a nice twin turbo on a custom intake manifold too. Not sure what the injection pump was. I'm sure someone has saved the article and pics of it too.